Purpose of the 2nd Land ConferencePurpose of the 2nd Land Conference

“The 2nd National Land Conference will be held from 1-5 October 2018 at Safari Hotel in Windhoek, as indicated in the STATE OF NATION ADDRESS (SONA) of 11 April 2018, by His Excellency Dr. Hage Geingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia. The Conference seeks to address the structure of land ownership in Namibia and debate the following issues, amongst others:

To review progress made towards the implementation of the Resolutions of the1991 National Land Conference and the Land Question in Namibia;

To deliberate over what more could be done to fast track the implementation of the 1991 Land Conference and other related issues emerging during the implementation of the land reform programme;

The willing-seller, willing-buyer principle;

Ancestral land claims for restitution;

Expropriation of Agricultural (Commercial) Land in public interest;

Urban land reform and Resettlement Criteria;

The Veterinary Cordon Fence, and other eminent land related issues.

REMARKS BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER SAARA KUUGONGELWA-AMADHILA ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNVEILING OF THE 2ND NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE LOGO – 10 September 2018

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"The land question is a political, social and economic issue. It is about addressing dispossession, equity and promoting productive and sustainable livelihoods through implementin programmes targeted at poverty eradication. Therefore, after 27 years of implementing the 24 Consensus Resolutions on Land that were reached during the 1991 National Land Conference on Land Reform and the Land Question, the Ministry, as articulated and directed in the Harambee Prosperity Plan, 2016/17 - 2019/20 found it important to once again re-group, consult and accord the Namibian Nation the platform to contribute on the direction that the current Land Reform process should take. This call is made to all Stakeholders to review the progress made, challenges encountered and prospose ways to expedite the Land Reform programme." - Honourable Utoni Nujoma, Minister of Land Reform (10 July 2017).